PayPal · 10 hours ago
Director of Product Management – AI Decisioning Platform
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$188K/yr - $324K/yr
10+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years, empowering consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets. They are seeking a Director of Product Management to lead the strategy and execution of their AI Decisioning Platform, focusing on improving decision speed and performance while collaborating with various stakeholders.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Establish a shared vision across the company for one or more products, or a platform product enabling development & scalability, with a deliberate and cohesive strategy
Leads product strategy development, and develops a clear, executable view of the product strategy with cross-functional stakeholders
Influences the architectural roadmap and balances innovative design and technical implementation, while balancing regulatory requirements, time-to-market, meeting customer needs and product profitability
Champions the customer experience and prioritizes customer needs in product requirements and decision making
Defines and uses metrics that inform the success of products including usability studies, research and market analysis
Standardizes workstreams to include analytics, customer discovery, market research and competitive analysis to drive data-driven decision-making
Responsible for product profitability, including budgetary decisions
Leads operational mechanisms that drive execution and accountability including Product Reviews, Operating Reviews, and Business Reviews. Interfaces with senior leadership as needed
Maximizes efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the standard
Define and lead the product vision for the AI Decisioning Platform, aligned with business goals across risk, compliance, and credit
Articulate a long-term roadmap that scales decisioning capabilities globally, across high-volume, low-latency environments
Drive modernization across the entire AI decisioning stack, including:
Foundational data ingestion and quality frameworks
Real-time and batch feature computation
AI model training, execution and orchestration
Rules engines, decision logic, and policy evaluation
Monitoring, alerting and agentic response
Ensure the platform is modular, scalable, and domain-agnostic while supporting domain-specific needs
Lead product lifecycle from ideation to launch, with an emphasis on customer-centric design and developer experience
Balance technical depth and product intuition to make prioritization and tradeoffs in a complex ecosystem
Set the product direction for improving decision latency, model integration speed, and decision quality
Prioritize performance, reliability, and observability as first-class platform capabilities
Collaborate with fraud, credit, compliance, data science, and infrastructure teams to understand evolving needs and use cases
Align stakeholders across domains to drive standardization, reduce duplication, and accelerate adoption
Qualification
Required
10+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
2 years of experience leading others
10+ years in product management, with 5+ years in platform, ML Ops, ML infrastructure, or decisioning systems
Strong technical background in data analytics, ML/AI platforms, feature stores, or policy engines
Preferred
Proven track record building data-driven, ML/AI, real-time decisioning or scoring platforms at scale
Experience supporting multiple risk domains or regulated environments is a strong plus
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance
Company
PayPal
PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.17BKey Investors
Kohlberg Kravis RobertsBlueRun Ventures
2025-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $6.95B
2023-06-07Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2015-07-20IPO
Leadership Team
Simon Bladon
CEO, UK
chaloem khompitoon
President & CEO
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